Psalms 18 Parallel Bible

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	ISV Intl. Standard Version	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	He said: \|I love you, Lord, my strength.	I love you, O LORD, my strength.	For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, LORD, my strength.
2	The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower.\|	The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.	The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3	I cried out to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was delivered from my enemies.	I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.	I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
4	The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.	The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;	The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5	The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.	the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.	The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
6	In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.	In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.	In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
7	The world shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked, they shook because he was angry.	Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.	The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
8	In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.	Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
9	He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.	He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.	He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
10	He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind.	He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.	He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
11	He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.	He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.	He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12	The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.	Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.	Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
13	Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire.	The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.	The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
14	He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.	And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.	He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
15	Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.	Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.	The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
16	He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.	He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.	He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
17	He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me because they were stronger than I.	He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.	He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18	They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.	They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.	They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
19	He brought me out to a spacious place; he delivered me, for in me he takes delight.	He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.	He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
20	The LORD will reward me because I am righteous; because my hands are clean he will restore me;	The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.	The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21	because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;	For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.	For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I am not guilty of turning from my God.
22	because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.	For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.	All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
23	I was upright before him, and I kept myself from iniquity.	I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.	I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
24	So the LORD restored me according to my righteousness, because my hands were clean in his sight.	So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.	The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25	To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;	With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;	To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26	to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.	with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.	to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
27	Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.	For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.	You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
28	For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.	For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.	You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
29	With your help I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls.	For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.	With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
30	As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.	This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.	As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him.
31	For who is God but the LORD, and who is a Rock other than our God?—	For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?—	For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
32	the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright;	the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.	It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
33	who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;	He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.	He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
34	who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.	He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.	He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35	You have given to me the shield of your deliverance, and your right hand holds me up; your gentleness made me great.	You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.	You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
36	You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.	You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.	You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
37	I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.	I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.	I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38	I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.	I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.	I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
39	You clothed me with strength for war; you will subdue under me those who rise up against me.	For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.	You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
40	You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.	You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.	You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.
41	They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.	They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.	They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.
42	I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.	I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.	I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
43	You rescued me from conflict with the people; you made me head of the nations. People who did not know me will serve me.	You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.	You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
44	When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.	As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.	foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45	Foreigners will wilt away; they will come trembling out of their stronghold.	Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.	They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
46	The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted!	The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—	The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
47	He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys peoples under me;	the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,	He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,
48	who delivers me from my enemies. Truly you will exalt me above those who oppose me; you will deliver me from the violent person.	who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence.	who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.
49	Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD; I will sing praises to your name.	For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.	Therefore I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
50	He is the one who gives victories to his king; who shows gracious love to his anointed, to David and his seed forever.	Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.	He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.
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Psalms 18 Parallel Bible Translations